Good

• Preservation of games
  • Many games cannot be preserved without piracy - they enter the open-domain after approx. 25 years
• Piracy can be morally justifiable
• Power to the consumer
  • Middle-man
• Benefit of exposure
  • Becomes more well known, enticing buyers (and future buyers)

Bad

• Negatively impacts the producer
  • Developer
  • Director
  • Company
  • whatever, really
• Illegal
  • ISP may revoke your internet access if repeated
• Unethical
• Social implications
• Economical damage
  • Could lead to the loss of jobs
  • Competing with the same product for free
  • Market limitations
• Cultural damage
  • May become normalised rather than purchasing the product